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Looks like just the battery I need for a little project I've got going. I'll be interested to see your testing video.

What size cable is from the engine bay of your ute to the rear anderson plug?

Thanks for the video, Hows the midea water heatpump after almost a year of usage? will you recommend it for -5 degrees temp like in NZ ?

What is crimped on to the wire that goes into the chargers?

Dear Craig, Thanks for the effort in creating these informative videos...I have a couple of questions...Are fixed solar panels more efficient than these solar blankets? I am looking for two solar panels, one to put on the roof of my truck and one loose...I have a very simple set up as I have learnt what to take and what to leave behind. My max current draw from my two fridge freezers (EvaCool 47 Litre) is 4.2amp and my only only power needs are to charge two Canon camera batteries, two 12Volt Milwaukee batteries (I made lights that I use these batteries for), charge my iPad and iPhone a nd a small external hard drive...If I had two 300 watt solar panels and a good quality AGM or Lithium battery would that be enough solar for my needs? I ask you mate as I know I will get an honest answer.

Excellent. Can't wait for my next build.

can you double down the 50 a ones like they did the 30s?

I just keep coming back to watch this video because I love it so much

Where did you buy it from?

Good job mate!! Finally someone keeping these bloody crooks honest! Keep up the good work

This is the best video I have ever seen

Have you pulled apart any itechworld batteries yet??

Thanks for revealing where the LiFePO4 automotive batteries are at by at least some brands. Maybe accountants and marketing are responsible for short cuts. For that price this company needs to do a practices reassessment.

Can the amps on the old 30 amp be configured to draw less? Say if I only want to draw 20 amps from an alternator?

hi Craig, I know there expensive to get your hands on but testing some of the off grid home battery setups, in particular the expandable server rack style will be interesting. Especially with all the talk about installing batteries in people houses. Thanks

WOW just goes to show you never know what’s under the lid! Didn’t make capacity, using 32 small 25ah cells! Why? Has to be heaps cheaper! Wiring and connector issues, and obviously the app is not reading four cells but a group as someone has already said! I wouldn’t be happy forking out over 2K for this! Great test!

Would have been good to scan the QR code from the cells to get more information about them. And the numbers off the BMS. So how does the app work? It's showing 4 cells not 32! So it's measuring a group of 9 and what taking a average of the voltage? It's just deseptive and disappointing, no doubt there are other higher end batteries the same!

Is there any chance you'll be doing a capacity test on the victron?

Awesome video mate. It's amazing how they can charge that amount of money for poor quality. Good to see you're keeping them honest!

This is why there's a bit of a turn to locally made batteries with open and honest product info. Marketing is all great until you dig a little deeper. Well done Craig! The notion that Australia has lost the ability to manufacture is a myth. Sure we can't economically make the cells or BMS's, but we sure can design, assemble and test them to a high standard right here on our own land. Full disclosure... Yes I make batteries under the brand PowerPaul Australia. We cop a lot of flack but also take a lot of pride in what we do. We don't operate for profit alone, and our priority is improvement instead of profits. Making money happens by accident because of that attitude.

Come to think of it, why would you buy that Invicta battery for 2200 bucks when you could have the smaller and better Victron 200ah battery for roughly 1500 or so, plus the cost of the separate BMS they require. The BMS might be 300 bucks or so, so that's roughly 1800 for the Victron all up. Am I right or is there something I haven't taken into account?

I'm with you Alex. With the paralleled cells, the BMS is looking at an average. There could easily be hidden bad cells within each group. Nice test Craig. Looking forward to the DC to DC test. The cable lengths should be the same. Kinda silly of their engineers to design otherwise.

Conductors in parallel need to be the same, length, type, and cross section area otherwise just like in your video the currents will be inequitable. 10AWG is 5.2mm2 so that short one certainly makes me feel uncomfortable. If it was up to me my preference is however many S but 1P. I like the idea that the BMS is looking at the individual cell itself and not a string of cells where a healthy cell could mask an unhealthy cell and without doing a discharge test you can’t readily know. Good review! If you can get more load on it you might be able to exasperate the result further as below. Heat produced = i^2×R×t, assuming R is constant, which I know as temperature increases it will go up. But for the purpose of the exercise heat produced is directly proportional to square of current. So,if current is doubled then heat produced is increased four times the inital value.

I reckon that -ve cable lengths are a big problem. I like the approach of paralleling all those cells - it averages the cell parameters. The price is silly by a factor of 2 at least.

😂😂😂 that hilarious, all the Invicta fan boys won't like you revealing the fraud! Just goes to prove all the" you get what you pay for" is BS!

I wouldn't pay half that. It's a fail on many levels.

We only ever had our on hybrid mode. Does it just take longer to heat back up on economy. Have you done any comparison tests? Also what sort of maintenance do you do for your unit? I have the maintenance icon blinking on mine. And does your unit continuously drain water when being used or at night

Exactly what I needed to see..............I wanted to see the output current was adjustable

I had the 12v control box, failed within a week of usage. Company replaced it but failed again after a month. Had a very bad experience with this product brand…..

Hey mate, awesome set-up!

Thats so exciting Craig! What a great space to experiment

I have a claimed 200w panel that makes 1 amp on a full sunny day in June (haven't tested in Summer) in Canberra. Should I return it and buy a Thunder? EDIT: Can't find the Thunder for sale 🤕

I ran a house on 1000w 2.5kw 6-8 hours been doing it for years Chinese inverter when I work on 48v system Why do you need such a high system

Nothing like a warm bat cave. Great rig, or multi-rigs, nicely set up. You could somehow set up remote switching so you could switch over the loads remotely in case you needed to while away? Maybe with Shelly switches or relays/connector switches?

Wow over 500 dollars for 50 amps charging, I could get a wakespeed WS500 for that amount and be able to charge at upto 500 amps and it still connects with victron energy gear.

Hmmm yet you could of over screwed it from the start. Ive done the exact same test with Kings, no issues. Im running 4 Liths now in the utem 2 in van. Going strong

My issue is there charge $2 a day just to have a gas connection

62V? Are all 4 panels in series on this?

You've probably just over torqued the positive terminal! If you start spinning the threaded plug it will loosen the inside terminal. There is a recommended torque spec for 8 mm terminals. A lot of VIP BMS have Bluetooth, would have been interesting to see if there was an unused port!

Hi. whats the 200Ah victron like?

Thanks Craig - good run down. The Orion XS is making a difference on our boat. I don't know how it does it but it gets our alternator working a lot better than it ever has before. Normally we used to see the alternator putting out 15-20 amps and now with the Orion XS set at 50amps output the alternator is up at about 55amps (prob 5amps for the starter battery)

I bought the 200W Voltx at Aldi Macarthur Square NSW marked down to $159.99. There were a few there.

Hi how does the Wise panel weigh,

The fuse at the P+ terminal. (Too much resistance.) It needs to moved away from the battery. Nice video

8000 times you can do this?

Hi Craig , looks like i had the same problem with hot terminals. My auto elec tested mine by running the air con in my caravan and had no problems. I then went away with the van and the first time that i used it one of my Kings 200amp batteries went up in flames straight away. Kings have just basically sent me away as they don't want to know about it. They also refused to give me a written report. Buyer beware with this product Also Kings service was nothing less than terrible , 6 visits over 4 weeks and not even one phone call

kings control product, MUST GAME UP!!!! IT IS SHOCKING HOW PEOPLE IN CONTROL ROOM OF PRODUCT DO NOTHING!!! SHAME,

This is the best review of the new Orion XS 50a on RUclips. Thanks a bunch

Thanks for test. Won’t be buying this brand. Pity as slimline battery was a perfect fit for what I needed

Thanks for helping me not buy this brand. 2 fails from 2 tests and another youtube video had loose cells rattling around inside. What a joke of a company.